Example Sentences

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And the first reason is the announcement of the justice’s forthcoming memoir, which is pompously titled So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2026

"Writers are liars, my dear," Fry pompously tells Calliope after she reminds him that he agreed to free her at the end of his life.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2022

Kelsey Grammer returns to the boards as the pompously verbose but insecure psychiatrist from “Cheers.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2022

It pompously marks an event that isn’t going to happen, and its price will rise sharply as a result.

From Washington Post • May 25, 2018

On my politely bidding him Good-morning, he said, pompously, “Seven times nine, boy?”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens